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Guidance From UCLA Legal Afairs on Allocating Compulsory Student Fee-Based

Funds

The systemwide Policies Applying to Campus Actiities! "rgani#ations and Students

(PACA"S)proides clear guidance on student goernments$ allocation o%

compulsory student %ees! and re&uires iewpoint neutrality in these %unding

decisions' For e(ample)

PACAOS 60* Policy on Student Governments

61.10Authority, Responsiility, !nd Purposes) +, To proide a %orum %or

the discussion o% issues and ideas o% interest! importance! andor concern to

student./ +To proide 0nancial and other tangi1le support %or student

actiities and organi#ations on a iewpoint-neutral 1asis,! in order to %oster a

sense o% community and to %urther discussion among students o% the

1roadest range o% ideas'.

PACAOS "0* Policy on Compulsory C!mpus#$!sed Student %ees

"6.00Support &or Re'istered C!mpus Or'!ni!tions !nd Rel!tedPro'r!ms !nd Activities %rom Compulsory C!mpus#$!sed Student

%ees. +The process %or ma2ing , reallocations must 1e 1ased solely on

iewpoint-neutral criteria'.

"6.0*he +niversitys -duc!tion!l Purposes' 3eallocation o% %ees are

+456 to proide opportunities %or the educational 1ene0ts , that derie %rom

participation in e(tracurricular programs and actiities/ and 476 to stimulate

on-campus discussion and de1ate on a wide range o% issues %rom a ariety o%

iewpoints'. 8ecisions +must 1e made without regard to the iewpoint. o%

the organi#ation'

"6.0 C!mpus Procedures !nd Criteri! to Assure /iepointeutr!lity. Campuses should ensure that student goernments +maintain

procedures and criteria. %or supporting organi#ations %rom %ees that are

+iewpoint-neutral'. Appropriate criteria may include) +the o19ectiely

documented organi#ational needs o% the , organi#ation 1ased on

mem1ership si#e/ its o:ce or e&uipment re&uirements/ the e(tent o% 0nancial

support ;the organi#ation< receies %rom other sources/ or the production

costs associated with a particular eent , the ;organi#ation< typically

sponsors' Such sponsored eents supported in whole or in part 1y

compulsory campus-1ased %ees< need not aoid controersial political!

religious! or ideological content! su19ect to the understanding that under ,

Uniersity policy , campuses hae a responsi1ility to assure an ongoingopportunity %or the e(pression o% a ariety o% iewpoints'. The criteria should

1e +pu1lici#e;d< widely and regularly'. Further! =>'?@ proides that spea2ers

sponsored 1y organi#ations! +oer time , should stimulate on-campus

discussion and de1ate %rom a wide range o% iewpoints on a ariety o%

issues'.

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These policies are consistent with First Amendment law' The &uestion o% content

discrimination that may 1e permitted is complicated and may 1e di:cult to

distinguish %rom iewpoint discrimination' As one court has noted! +;t